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ArticleBMJ open2018

Growth across life course and cardiovascular risk markers in 18-year-old adolescents: the 1993 Pelotas birth cohort.

Romina Buffarini, María Clara Restrepo-Méndez, Vera Maria Silveira, Helen D Gonçalves, Isabel O Oliveira, Ana Maria Menezes, Maria Cecília Formoso Assunção

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Article in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Romina BuffariniPost-graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
María Clara Restrepo-MéndezMRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Vera Maria SilveiraClinical Medical Department, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
Helen D GonçalvesPost-graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
Isabel O OliveiraDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
Ana Maria MenezesPost-graduate Program in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
Maria Cecília Formoso AssunçãoDepartment of Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Pelotas · BRUniversity of Bristol · GB

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Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the association between growth trajectories from birth to adolescence and cardiovascular risk marker levels at age 18 years in a population-based cohort. In order to disentangle the effect of weight gain from that of height gain, growth was analysed using conditional weight relative to linear growth (CWh) and conditional length/height (CH).

designProspective study.

setting1993 Pelotas birth cohort, Southern Brazil.

participantsIndividuals who have been followed up from birth to adolescence (at birth, 1, 4, 11, 15 and 18 years). PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES: C-reactive protein (CRP), total cholesterol (TC), LDL cholesterol (LDL-C), HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), triglycerides (TGL), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP), body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC).

resultsIn both sexes, greater CWh at 1 year was positively associated with BMI and WC, whereas greater CWh at most age periods in childhood and adolescence predicted higher CRP, TC, LDL-C, TGL, SBP, DBP, BMI and WC levels, as well as lower HDL-C level. Higher CH during infancy and childhood was positively related with SBP in boys and girls, and with BMI and WC only in boys.

conclusionOur study shows that rapid weight gain from 1 year onwards is positively associated with several markers of cardiovascular risk at 18 years. Overall, our results for the first year of life add evidence to the 'first 1000 days initiative' suggesting that prevention of excessive weight gain in childhood might be important in reducing subsequent cardiovascular risk.

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Body Mass IndexWaist CircumferenceWeight GainAdolescentBiomarkersBrazilCardiovascular DiseasesC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHumansLinear ModelsLipidsMaleProspective StudiesRisk FactorsBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinLipidsadolescentscardiovascular riskcohort studiesconditional growthlinear growthrelative weight gain

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PMID29362264
PMCPMC5786082
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